How I Met Your Mother Season 3 Episode 17

The Goat

Recap

Barney feels extremely guilty having broken the "Bro Code" by sleeping with Robin. Lily decides to rescue a goat while the gang plans Ted's surprise birthday party. However, future Ted realizes he's telling the story of his 31 birthday and not his 30th and stops telling us about the goat.

Barney: In my experience the way this normally goes is we lie here for a while; make a little awkward chit-chat.Robin: Check.Barney: Then I make up some cabinet meeting, heart surgery, rocket test flight I got to be at, slip out of your apartment and never call you again.Robin: And later at the bar you tell your good friend Robin the story of your latest conquest and she wonders to herself "Who is this sad, self-loathing idiot who climbed in to bed with Barney Stinson?"Barney: Actually, you usually say that out loud